GIT Doors and Windows

With so many options to choose from when it comes to windows and doors, it’s easy to get confused. So why not simplify the process and head straight for GIT Doors and Windows, Montreal’s leading aluminum product manufacturer since 1968.

GIT opened its sixth store this month, the Rosemère outlet joining those in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Repentigny, Châteauguay, Brossard and the St-Léonard head office, home to a 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. “We make everything here,” said Jonathan Aubry, marketing director. “It’s our designs and we are not beholden to any manufacturer’s specs. We do it as no one else can.”

After 45 years in business — 13 as a CAA recommended supplier — GIT has learned a few things, and consumers are the winners. In 2006, GIT developed Canada’s first Energy Star aluminum window, thanks to “the largest thermal breaker on the market.” That cuts the transmission of cold from exteriors to interiors through specially designed air chambers and cells. “It’s airtight, larger, welded and applied from the outside, too, so higher wind pressures increase the seal.” The result? Quieter, more secure windows combined with thermal glass for energy ratings that are among Canada’s highest.

Apart from their most popular casement and slider windows, GIT has pushed innovation farther with a new Energy Star guillotine window that is airtight with full-tilt for effortless cleaning, and coiled springs to easily lift or position the window where you want it.

GIT expertise extends to complete design, Aubry said. “Since home construction evolved with deeper walls, we offer full aluminum extensions.” Instead of beefing up small windows with wood and plastic to fit deeper walls, “we start with much larger units and add robust extensions for beautiful fits in brick, drywall, anything indoors or out.” That’s vital in a market with homes of all styles and from all eras — everything is made to measure. “If someone says there is a standard, it’s because they’re stuck with something they’re trying to sell you.”

Guillotine, slider, casements, awnings or bay windows — they come in an unlimited number of colours. “We offer standard colours, of course, but also many new options like the very popular, very modern Anodized finish.” There are also stunning new wood finishes, whose warmth and beauty in robust aluminum products you must see to believe.

As impressive as their products are the GIT warranties: finishes, thermal glass and labour for 10 years, and window materials for a full 30 years, Aubry said, “and it’s a full transferable warranty, not pro-rated like others offer.

“In 25 years, our window is still 100-percent-guaranteed, not five per cent where it does you no good. That’s how confident we are in our products.”

GIT’s steel doors also lead the market in 12 colours, painted on each side as ordered. “It’s also the most secure standard door,” Aubry explained, describing an integrated, double strike-plate running inside the frame’s entire length instead of a foot-long plate along its edge. All capping of frames is in aluminum, so they will age at the same rate as the door’s steel panels.

Amazingly, the company has again pushed the envelope with its Euro collection of lift-and-slide patio doors that hold panels up to 90 square feet: “That means a 20-foot patio door that you can open with one finger!” Special designs and rolling mechanisms help these enormous doors bring dramatic views to any home, and answer the challenge of today’s creative architecture. There is also a tilt-and-turn oversized window that opens inward like a door, European style, in gorgeous contemporary finishes.

Handles, trims, and beautiful spacers and accessories for window panes and door slabs create new looks and replicate older styles as demanded in certain neighbourhoods, albeit with latest technologies.

“That’s also where our staff excels,” Aubry said. “They know about the communities in which they work— what is allowed and prohibited,” because a funky Plateau condo façade has different restrictions than a stately Westmount home. That expertise really shines with GIT’s installation team — no by-the-job sub-contractors rushing from job to job here. “These are our guys and this is all they do,” he said. That means perfect installation, but also respect for the work site.

Quality, durability, innovative design, eco-energy and security: With industry-leading products, standards and services, GIT remains very competitive thanks to its own manufacturing facility, which also grants fast turnaround, within six to eight weeks from measurement to installation.

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